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Frome Downs. Progress reports and partial relinquishment reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 20/6/1978 to 14/9/1982.
153 rotary mud open holes (total 19,689 m) and 11 cored holes (total 1384 m) have been drilled during the reporting period to evaluate the Goulds Dam uranium deposit and to further explore the region to its north and south for sedimentary uranium...-
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RB 78/00048 Energy minerals of South Australia 1978.
An assessment has been made of South Australia’s energy resources. Hypothetical and uneconomic resources have been assessed as well as those which are identified and economically recoverable. The conclusions which emerge are (1) there is a complete...-
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Published: 28 Apr 1978
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RB 96/00031 Big Lake Suite not Tirrawarra Sandstone in the Moomba Field, Cooper Basin, SA.
Granodiorite core recovered from Moomba 72 has enabled recent recognition of an altered zone at the top of pre-Permian 'basement'. This altered zone has been previously misinterpreted as Early Permian Tirrawarra Sandstone. Consequently, the depth...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1996
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Data release made at renewal of the Sturt Joint Venture Project ELs 4062 through 4090, in lieu of submitting a joint partial surrender report for them : joint annual reports, for the period 25/2/2008 to 24/2/2013.
A very large area of the remote far north-east of the State was taken up early in 2008 by the unlisted Thorne-Clarke family company, to explore for sediment-hosted secondary uranium mineralisation of the type found in intracratonic sedimentary basins...-
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Honeymoon Project - pilot wellfield drilling, January-March 1982.
Drilling was undertaken at the Honeymoon deposit, as allowed for under Miscellaneous Purposes Leases 14 and 15 and Retention Leases 10, 11 and 12, located within EL 597. This drilling was carried out as part of the construction of the 6 litre/second...-
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Honeymoon project - hydrological report on the HC 9 pumping test conducted February-March, 1980.
Regional and site-specific geological and hydrological factors are discussed, and a groundwater model is proposed for the Honeymoon uranium deposit, based on the results of the HC 9 drilling and testing programme, and on other existing data. A...-
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Willow Springs. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/12/2011 to 30/11/2016.
An area centred ~65 km north-east of Hawker in the Central Flinders Ranges, and located adjacent to the eastern side of the Oraparinna Diapir, has been explored for possible buried economic epigenetic copper, gold and uranium mineralisation. During...-
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Published: 03 Jan 1917
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RB 00606 Production of uranium metal by electrolysis in molten chlorides. Part 2.
The molten chloride process previously described has been modified to enable the production of electrolytic uranium metal powder directly from impure oxide. The grade of metal obtained is not sufficiently high for atomic energy purposes. High purity...-
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RB 00605 Production of uranium metal by electrolysis in molten chlorides. Part 1.
A novel process for the manufacture of pure uranium metal is described, in which impure uranium oxides are converted to chlorides in a molten salt bath by means of a graphite chlorination reaction. The melt is then purified and uranium metal recovered...-
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Hawker Gate, Whitecatch House, Artracoona Hill, Bollards Lagoon, Tilcha, Innamincka and Cameron Corner (Cameron Corner Project). Joint annual and final reports to licences' respective expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/6/2007 to 1/7/2009.
In a search for possible roll-front type sedimentary uranium deposits inferred as likely to have formed within the Tertiary sedimentary sequence overlying the southern Cooper/Eromanga Basins petroleum province, an initial 18 exploratory RAB holes...-
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Moomba 16, Moomba 17, Moomba 20 and Moomba 23 areas (part of the Sturt Joint Venture Project). Combined first partial surrender report, for the period 25/2/2008 to 31/12/2013.
Majority portions of four licences from a large, multi-licence acreage package that is centred on the Moomba gas processing plant have recently been relinquished owing to the exit of a joint venture partner from the project exploration consortium,...-
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Published: 30 Apr 1914
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Warana Hill - Areas 1-3. Joint annual reports to licences' joint expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/6/2009 to 29/6/2011.
A conjoined multi-licence area located in the northern Strzelecki Desert, centred approximately 110 km north-northwest of Moomba, has been explored for possible economic buried Cenozoic heavy minerals sands (HMS) deposits, and also for shallow...-
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Innamincka 3 area (part of the Sturt Joint Venture Project). Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 25/2/2008 to 24/2/2013.
A large area centred ~80 km north-east of Moomba has been explored for possible buried economic Tertiary to Recent sedimentary uranium mineralisation of roll front style, similar to what occurs as fluvial sandstone - hosted giant secondary deposits...-
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Published: 20 Jan 1914
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Kottata Well, Eldale, Tootla and Broadacres (also part of the Yaninee Project). First annual report for EL 3135, plus subsequent joint annual reports, for the period 29/9/2003 to 5/6/2009.
An area located on central western Eyre Peninsula between Minnipa and Port Kenny was taken up to explore the Precambrian basement rocks, which are poorly exposed there, for possible economic buried iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) deposits....-
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Sturt Joint Venture Project. Final report at 14 (of 18) project licences' combined surrender, for the period 25/2/2008 to 31/12/2013.
A very large area of the remote far north-east of the State was taken up early in 2008 by the unlisted Thorne-Clarke family company, to explore for sediment-hosted secondary uranium mineralisation of the type found in intracratonic sedimentary basins...-
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Published: 30 Apr 1914
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RB 22/00009 Mineral resources of South Australia and their utilization.
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Published: 27 May 1946
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Beverley Uranium Project - Groundwater resources, management and monitoring.
The technical development and operational commencement stage of the Beverley in situ leach uranium mining project are herein discussed from the viewpoint of hydrogeological factors. The author summarises the uranium deposit's hydrogeological setting...-
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Lake Frome North. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 21/10/1971 to 20/10/1972.
TARGET: Sedimentary uranium roll-front orebodies within buried Early Tertiary palaeochannels underlying the Lake Frome Plains to the south and east of the Beverley deposit. EXPLORATION: 25 rotary drillholes totalling 14,696 feet were put down to...-
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Ooldea. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/11/1972 to 15/11/1973.
In a search for possible economic roll-front sedimentary uranium deposits thought to be hosted by Middle Eocene Pidinga Formation fluvial and lacustrine terrestrial sediments deposited in the eastern Eucla Basin, 13 scout RAB/RC open holes were...-
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Strzelecki Desert [Moorari 2 environs]. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/6/1974 to 1/2/1976.
A drilling programme has been carried out under tenure of a mineral exploration licence by the PEL 6 Patchawarra Farm-out Block partners, to investigate the origin of a 400 API unit radioactivity gamma-ray log kick noticed to occur at 47.12 m below...-
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